Macromedia- has pulled together a strong reportoire of rich media delivery tools. Director and Flash for animations,Caught in the Fire Breeze, RoboHelp, and RoboDemo for demos, presentations, and help;Contriute and Dreamweaver, and Flex for web development; Fireworks and Freehand for 2D graphics for desktop and web respectively. Macromedia is in the thick of the action for multimedia preesnce by taking a vertical market and then generalizing as opportunity presents itself. In a PC world dominated by Redmond that is a healthy approach.

Authorware - begins to fit ever more closer to Mx arhitecture with Multimedia based instruction.
Director - rich media delivery vehicle for DVD, CD, Kiosks, and Web - once a superset of Flash.
Community Mx - good set of resource for the complete set of Macromedia Mx tools.
Fireworks - leads the parade in terms of bitmap and vector integration, especially in web context.
>Caught in the Fire - unique set of tutorials around and about Firweorks.
>CBT Cafe - free and paid for movie tutorials on Fireworks.
>Computer Training - fre movies and paid for CDs on Fireworks.
>ePaper Press - direct demos of how to do operations in Fireworks.
>Graphics About - tips and references to Fireworks and web graphics.
>Guides to Fireworks - good tips and links to both Fireworks and Dreamweaver
>Phireworx - extensions, tutorials, and tips.
>Playing with Fire - novel FAQ/question and answer approach to Fireworks tips.
>Smart Webby - another set of web graphic tips and tricks for Fireworks.
>Tutorial Find - at least 3 dozen articles, tips and tutorials on Fireworks.


Flash - is the centerpiiece of rich media development at Macromedia - its has the ability to deliver scripted multimedia experiences either locally or over the Internet with very efficient compreseeion and elivery of rich media packages.
>Breeze - is the online presentation, meeting and training delivery vehicle using Flash.
>Central - is the serverside portlet management of Flash applications which still can run offline.
>Flash Communication Server - the two-way collaboration mechanism using Flash video, chat, etc.
>Flash Remoting - what Flex, see below, will largely replace - a serverside connection for Flash clients.
>Flex - provides a means of linking Flash rich media to backend processes like J2EE and .NET
>RoboDemo - training thru Flash-based capture and demo of software program experiences.
>RoboHelp - delivers helps system using Windows, Java, XHTML and/or Flash delivery.
>Roboinfo - provides cross platform document delivery using XHTML and/or Flash.
Other Flash Links

ActionScript.org - great set of scripts and tutorials on everything about Flash scripting.
Flash Guru - Flash news, innuendo, tutorials, and links
FlashKit - definitive source of news, views, tips, tutorials and over 7000 Flash.fla files
Hotscripts - Flash books, tips, tutorials, software and scripts
Moock.org Colin Moock writes a definitive book on ActionScript, his site is Flash-full